[Davros]

JD - that might be the most sense you have made to me in a post this year [img]smile.gif[/img] . And no - I wasn't saying that it was bad that parents indoctrinate their children - I just said that it happens. It is entirely natural that a parent bringing up their child will empart in large their value system and beliefs - what they think best prepares the child for the future.

What I was saying though is that they are exposed largely in early life to the value set of the parents. I can imagine for example that if I was reared in a household where dad sits down and watches CNN I would have a different sort of conditioning than if my father insisted over dinner that we watch FOX News followed by the O'Rielly Factor. Whichever political, ethical, moral conditioning you grow up with, a place like a university will expose you to diversity and other views. It will foster independant thought, which is the exact opposite of what was glibly thrown out by someone to start this line of debate.

BTW - kudos to you for your ideas on nurturing - some people I know wouldn't be as open minded as yourself in encouraging thinking for oneself and valuing others' opinions. [img]smile.gif[/img]